Married
In Qutang
To a trader
From day to day
In the Qutang Gorge
The times of tides
Seem easier kept
Than the words of men
Times
I wish I were
A boatman’s bride.
Source: Wong, May, translator. In the Same Light: 200 Poems for Our Century: From the Migrants & Exiles of the Tang Dynasty. First US edition, The Song Cave, 2022.
Dear Joseph,
Thank you for featuring ‘A Southern Tune’ by Li Yi. Considering that you have such a good knack of composing poems as well as appreciating other people’s poems, I would like to inform you that I am currently running the 📜 Collaborative Poetry Challenge ✍🏻 in my post metaphorically entitled “📈🌆 Growing Humanity with Artificial Intelligence: A Sociotechnological Petri Dish with Latent Threats, Existential Risks and Challenging Prospects 👨👩👦👦🤖🧫☣️“. The detail on how to participate in the challenge can be found in the post. You can also see the excellent entries submitted by various poets.
If you would like to unleash your poetic flair there, I shall provide you with a direct link to the said post.
May you have a lovely weekend!
Yours sincerely,
SoundEagle
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